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June 2013 Program Highlights:

Backstage Pass with Bassists Jeff Campbell, James VanDemark and other guests

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 1:00pm

(Rochester, New York) -- Rochester’s Eastman School of Music (ESM) plays host to the 2013 International Society of Bassists Convention, June 2 through June 8. Backstage Pass host Julia Figueras welcomes ESM Bass Instructor Jeff Campbell, ESM Professor of Double Bass James VanDemark, and international guests for a celebration of the music for the lowest member of the string family on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 1 p.m. on Classical 91.5/FM-HD 91.5-2.

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Matthew Morrison: Where It All Began -- Live From the Bushnell

Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 9:30pm

on WXXI-TV

(Rochester, New York) – Audiences will be 'Glee-ful' to see Mr. Schuester in his own PBS special, Matthew Morrison: Where It All Began - Live from the Bushnell, airing Thursday, June 6 at 9:30 p.m.

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Intelligence Squared US: "Is Cutting the Pentagon's Budget a Gift to Our Enemies?"

Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 9:00pm

on AM 1370 - NPR News & Talk

(Rochester, New York) – Political gridlock in Washington triggered across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, in March. As a result, the Pentagon has six months to eliminate $41 billion from the current year's budget, and unlike past cuts, this time everything is on the table.

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